White House adviser plays down expectations for US-China talks

Dhaka, Sept. 11 -- "If we're going to get a great result, we really have to let the process take its course," Peter Navarro said on CNBC.

US President Donald Trump's administration is seeking sweeping changes to China's policies and practices on intellectual property protection, the forced transfer of US technology to Chinese firms, American companies' access to China's markets and industrial subsidies.

Trump has imposed stiff tariffs on Chinese imports that have roiled global markets. China has retaliated with its own duties.

Chinese trade deputies are expected to meet with their US counterparts in mid-September in Washington before minister-level meetings in early October in the US capital, involving Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, US T...